Monthly Archives: January 2018

Book Review: Advanced Championship Paper Planes

Two kids and I went to the library a few weeks ago to get a book about how planes fly. The library was a small branch. It was difficult to find a children’s book about airplanes. Several children’s books about flight and aircraft had too much text for a five-year-old child to understand. The plan… Read More »

Book Review: The Berenstain Bears and A Job Well Done

The five-year-old boy, whom I read to, chose The Berenstain Bears and A Job Well Done by Jan and Mike Berenstain at the library for me to borrow and to read to him. This paperback book is very thin with approximately 32 pages. There are colorful illustrations on every page and plenty of text. This… Read More »

Book Review: The Deadly Double

The five-year-old boy, whom I read to, picked up The Deadly Double in the library for me to borrow for him. The Deadly Double is a children’s book by David Seidman and illustrated by Erik Doescher, Mike DeCarlo, and Lee Loughridge. It has few colored pictures across five chapters. This is not a children’s picture… Read More »

Book Review: A Streetcar Named Desire

Have you ever heard the quote, “I have always depended on the kindness of strangers?” If so, do you know where it comes from? Good for you if you do. The quote has been repeated and parodied in movies, television shows, and cartoons. I have heard it for years in entertainment media and have never… Read More »

Poll: New Year’s 2018 Reading Topics

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